A red-light ticket for a local driver will be dismissed now that police agree she should never have received it.

Linda Priest owns a hair salon in South Daytona. She's 67 and doesn't ride a motorcycle, but after a red light camera in Tampa caught a biker blowing a red light, the notice was mailed to Priest.

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"I was dumbfounded because I have never been on a motorcycle in my life, and I thought, where did they even get this tag number? Because it doesn't even agree with the tag on my car," she said.

Priest's plate and the one photographed by the red-light camera aren't even close.

She called the number on the violation notice and was told to explain the mix-up online but was later mailed a $251 ticket, carrying four points. That left her steamed.

"I don't know what they did with the information, so that's what makes me mad. I'm a business owner, and I know how important it is to follow through with your job," she said.

"And I don't want to lose my license. I'm a good driver, and I'm just totally dumbfounded by the whole situation," said Priest.

She said she does not want to make the 300-mile round trip from South Daytona to Tampa.

"It's just overwhelming me, the whole situation, and I didn't do a thing," she said.

After being contacted by WESH 2 News, Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Andrea Davis explained that a check of records showed the city’s vendor, American Traffic Solutions, received four calls from Priest.

Davis said records indicate ATS should have sent her notice of violation to the Tampa Police Department for dismissal.

"They (ATS) messed up. The vendor never should have allowed a traffic citation to be issued," said Davis.

Davis told WESH 2 news the Hillsborough County clerk of courts is being notified to dismiss the citation, so Priest will not have to drive to court to continue fighting the citation.